Cr Chandler said maintenance bills would reach an estimated $100,000 a year.

"We're using about 20 per cent of the town's licence to water the track," he said.

"We believe once we get good summer seasons the usage for water will fall right away and I'm hoping we can convince the 50 per cent that are undecided about the track to take ownership of the facility."

Even as the town rolls into its fifth year of drought, residents said they were not too worried about the usage of water and that living on top of the Artesian Basin helped.